RaceFans Round-up: 7th February 2025

17 comments on “RaceFans Round-up: 7th February 2025”

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   kcrossle (@kcrossle)
   7th February 2025, 1:33

   Hoping we get an improvement, here in the US, over ESPN (who simply, only, have to turn on the Sky feed). They emphatically show the minimum they have to, while switching coverage from channel to channel, to unavailable channel.

   Instead of relaxing, enjoying the post race coverage, we get Nicole Briscoe cutting it off “thank you for watching…” and it’s over. For chat about stick & ball games.

   And don’t “thank” me for watching!! I’m not watching for you. I’m watching for me and I’m not happy with it.

   Someone please bring respectable coverage to the US. And don’t talk about Calvin & Hobbs. They really weren’t that competent. Lovely people but I’d be watching while they nattered on, from somewhere in deepest Connecticut, completely missing what was on screen.
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      kcrossle (@kcrossle)
      7th February 2025, 1:37

      I ended that with / grumpy. But the markup got swallowed. Thought it should be restored.
   2. 

      MichaelN
      7th February 2025, 8:47

      Is F1TV not available anymore? It used to be. It’s expensive, though.
      1. 

         El Pollo Loco
         8th February 2025, 3:30

         Expensive? It’s like $8 a month.
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      El Pollo Loco
      8th February 2025, 3:29

      ESPN? They just use the world feed. Anyway, I don’t get why anyone would pay for ESPN when F1TV gives you every session, every old race, F2 and F3 + other series, F1 movies and docs, etc. for half the price. And the app is available on nearly everything. So, I’d call this a self-inflicted problem.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   7th February 2025, 6:29

   Hadjar most certainly didn’t receive a drive only due to a lack of drivers, as Iwasa was also an option for Red Bull but someone they looked over due to his Honda affiliation, & getting replaced by Lindblad is unlikely since Tsunoda is likely to leave after the season, so Hadjar getting replaced would mean zero continuity into the next technical regulation cycle.
   I’m still surprised how many people expect Doohan to struggle even though he isn’t even the least ready to compete in F1 & I’m even more surprised about the same regarding Bearman, who’s already shown in his substitution outings that he can perform decently & have a long career in F1, so definitive conclusions are premature.
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      Constantijn Blondel
      7th February 2025, 7:12

      What makes Tsunoda “likely to leave”? Is that your guess/hunch, or did I miss something?

      I mean, even with Doohan, I’d say “it does not look good for our young hero”, but ‘likely to leave’ is too much given the data, and unnecessarily specific.

      But then again, I may have missed something :)
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         MacLeod (@macleod)
         7th February 2025, 7:48

         If Yuki doesn’t leave the Red Bull family I will eat my shoe (ok lets don’t say this my shoes are dirty) It’s 99,9999999% he is leaving as he is a Honda driver not a Red Bull driver. If you just watch or read all interviews/stories you know that is there because of Honda and Honda left Red Bull so they aren’t keeping him otherwise he would next to Max Verstappen instead of Lawson.
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            Jere (@jerejj)
            7th February 2025, 10:15

            @macleod That’s indeed precisely what I meant in reference to ‘likely departure’ after the upcoming season.
            I simply struggle to see him continuing in the Red Bull organization unless he stops his Honda affiliation, which is unlikely because of how important that manufacturer has been to his career since his last years of racing in Japan.
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      7th February 2025, 20:53

      I would’ve added the first time around if I’d noted before, but also on this day 20 years ago, Red Bull unveiled its first ever F1 car, the RB1.
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   Red Andy (@red-andy)
   7th February 2025, 7:53

   Gasly, 29 today, is F1’s fifth-oldest driver

   And I took that personally. A brutal thing to read so early in the morning.
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      Adrian Hancox (@ahxshades)
      7th February 2025, 8:16

      Indeed @red-andy – half my age. Ouch!
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         Jere (@jerejj)
         7th February 2025, 10:21

         @red-andy @ahxshades – He’s less than a year younger than me, so I can see what both of you mean.

         @bullfrog – Yes, & ironically due to Bottas, Perez, Magnussen, (& Ricciardo before them) getting left out.
         The 2025 grid is overall relatively young by average age, not to mention quite a few who were born in the 2000s decade, especially the middle portion covering 2004-06, with 2004 being the year I started following & watching F1.
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      Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
      7th February 2025, 8:38

      Only two in their 30s, Hulk and Sainz.
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         Phil Norman (@phil-f1-21)
         7th February 2025, 10:44

         So it’s Alonso, Hamilton, Hulkenberg and Sainz who are the four older ones I assume. A bit of a shock that Gasly is next!
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            Jere (@jerejj)
            7th February 2025, 11:34

            @phil-f1-21 That’s indeed the order.
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   Adrian Hancox (@ahxshades)
   7th February 2025, 8:18

   Have to say – I really like the look of the Indy Car. Looks like a racer that I would have drawn as a kid and that’s not a bad thing at all.

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